Hellebore Maintenance – Lenton Rose – In this video I talk about the small amount of maintenance I do on the Hellebores in the garden. I also cover cultural practices as well.
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43 Comments
Help!!! I'm crazy about Helebores and don't have enough garden space! It's a gardener's nightmare!
Thanks, Jim, for sharing your garden expertise with us 😀.
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I tried growing a hellebore once, it died. Because of the cost I haven’t wanted to try one again. Well silly me bought one last fall, it had come down in price, and I forgot to plant it. It still looks alright so maybe it will fine until spring. It’s in a small container though so I was able to dig some dirt back and put the container and all in a planter right next to the house. So I have my fingers crossed 🤞🏻 it makes it. Dummy! ❄️💚🙃
My favorite flower 😊 I'm tempted to drive to that 6 pack sale you're talking about! We never see them here (Oklahoma) like that. I've spent 20 odd years collecting them and still only have a few
The veins on the old growth at 5:20 look so cool. I'm sure mine will get there with another year or two. While we don't always have to cut the old growth in winter out here in Oklahoma due to cold wind, last year you gave a good tip that you leave the old growth on young plants as they don't have as much energy yet.
I'm in 6b in WV and I had one in a large container. During the really cold spell it turned black and the blooms froze. I cut it back, I sure hope it comes back!
I've had orientalis colonize and would like to divide them. I live in Charlotte, Zone 7b. Would like your opinion on when I can do it. Thanks
I was just outdoors earlier this morning, checking on my hellebores. Guess I need to prune last years leaves off too!
So much of our gardens in Tennessee look abysmal but the perennial promise a brighter future 🌱 I had minimized the value of perennials in my mind in favor of shrubs but let me tell you, seeing new green growth at soil level is good for the soul.
I inherited a hellebore in my garden from previous homeowners. It has clearly been there for quite a while…. it is just so big and dense with just hundreds of stems. I'm thinking I might want to divide it, but have heard it will be hard on the plant. Any tips?
Deer have NEVER eaten any part of my hellebores. Nodding heads are not a problem (ever, in my opinion) if you site them up a hillside. My current favorite of the non-nodding😉 variety is Shooting Star. If you’ve never experienced the long-term, ever-changing beauty of hellebore “blooms,” grab some popcorn and enjoy the show. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great video! I bought 3 1 gallon last year and they have done amazing in 7b. I would love to know how to divide and when? Thanks!
One of my son's shares my love of Hellebores. He usually gifts me one for any gift occasion.
Win-win for both of us.
My hellebore “farm” got fried from the freeze, but all of the plants are flowering. I’ve got to convince people to come adopt some!
*Lenten! Like the season of Lent!
I have a huge stand of hellebore foetidus that are solid black from the Christmas flash freeze. I don’t know what to do with them. Never had a problem with them. Zone 7a NW TN
I like to buy mine small if I can find them. Planting large root-balls between tree roots is a bear. Here in the Pacific Northwest, 8b, they do well. I like them even after blooming.
Thank you, Jim. I almost gave up growing these in Florida Zone 9 a, but last January mine FINALLY a must have taken hold enough and bloomed. So I needed this care video! It took mine 3 years to bloom – do they usually take a while to settle in and bloom?
Hi Jim. Your hellebores look amazing. Mine not too much. All three containers looks very sad. Even the new growth turned brown. I’m guessing it got burnt by the Arctic cold we had in December. Do I just leave it alone & see what it does? I’m very sad.
Stunning plants 🍃🌺🍃
Wondering if you can divide a Hellebore. No sign of new flowers here in zone 9, N. California. Finally much needed rainfall, 16 inches in 3 weeks. That means I can garden again in 2023.
Am I crazy or is it early for daffodils to be blooming here in Nashville TN, I found plots of them naturalized and blooming today
Jim, if I just bought and planted my Hellebore should I wait a couple of months for it to get established before I prune it?
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It's :Lenten, dear. "Lenten".
I was cutting back old leaves today and nearly cut off a bud!
That dark pink hellebore at the beginning of the video is gorgeous with the combined colors of the flower, stem and foliage. Jim, can you share the name, please. Thanks.
where can I buy the ones that flower upright??? I bought one because of the picture, but was disappointed that it droops so far down and the flower is basically not able to be seen.
I like the look of the older foliage. Will it hurt the blooms it I never prune?
I've noticed the newer hellebore's listed not to be so cold hardy. Like the old fashioned hellebores were always 3-9 now on the new ones I see 4-8 and 5-9 or 4-9 the hybridizing has shrunk the range a bit
I don't know why more nurseries don't have these in the cold months. They are hard to find in Zone 6a but some special nurseries are starting to carry them now. I also learned that Trader Joe's sells them around Christmas and I picked some up this year. They only carried one color – the Christmas rose white "Hellebores niger." But they were a great price!
I love your channel!
I planted 6 plugs in the fall and as soon as it froze a rabbit ate a bunch of the leaves! Now I cover them every night and they seem to be pushing new growth (I’m in Z6a). Do you think it will be a year or two before they bloom? I’m so excited for them it will be hard to wait!
Thank you for the information on hellebores. They are so beautiful—have two planted in garden that I bought last year; anxious to see if they will bloom. Bought one in November, and it is blooming like crazy and planted in a pot for now. We are going to have high twenty temps for the next 2 nights here; wouldn’t pruning damage them?
Great video just getting ready to clean mine! After the Christmas cold they need cleaned ! I too would love to find a six pack🤔!
I’m in zone 7a, New York, and some of my cultivars are large clumps of pretty healthy green leaves that mound up and cover the center of the plant. I’m confused about when it would be the best time to cut the leaves down to expose the buds coloring up in the center?
The tiny ones I planted in summer from a local gardening friend had their protective leaf mulch blown off during that December 23-25 cold, but they actually still look amazing! I think b/c they're in a perpetually damp spot that has some windbreak protection.
What variety of mahonia is that?
Where is Pine Mtn. Farms?
I never thought about Hellebores way down here, but I might try a couple if I can get the upright flower ones.
Very helpful!
The tree leaves won't cause root rot during winter? (from the leaves getting soaked from rain and snow) I thought I had to clean all that out from under them. Zone 7, NJ
Just whacked the BeeGees out of my Lenten roses, keep me in your thoughts!